chickens arent supposed to eat peas?

[ladeefire]

I just read online that peas and beans can kill your chickens if they are raw. My chickens got into my garden today and COMPLETELY killed and ate all my peapods and the plants. Do i need to be worried?

 

[briznian]

I'm no expert on diets, but our hens devoured lots of our peas with no adverse effects. They tend to stay away from our beans however so there may be something to the beans thing.

 

[twentynine]

For Goodness Sakes!
Proves once again if you look long enough you can read anything on the internet.

 

[ladeefire]

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lol ok so I will take that as "no don't be worried" and i can go back to being angry that they ate all my peas

 

[tampitt]

i think that's if they are dried raw peas or beans. If they are still on the bush, should be ok.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

I am one of those people who believe that chicken won't eat anything that is going to hurt them. Heck they eat styrofoam insulation and survive with noooo problem. One of mine even stuck her stupid head into a bucket of laytex paint wiped off her beak and kept going.

 

[lovemychix]

It's dried peas. They are fine raw.

 

[Mydnight]

Think about it. Dried peas/beans swell up when they get into water, right? what happens in your chicken's stomuchs? They swell up there too. Fresh off the bush and you just get to be mad at them, but they will be happy to have gotten to the peas, so no worries

 

[gritsar]

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"Bluey" is still wearing some of the paint she got into what? Eight months ago. I got it all off her beak and wattles though. Don't know what I'm gonna do when the rest wears off her feathers. It was the only way I could tell her apart from her twin sister.

 

[cmom]

MY birds`got into my garden and had a field day with the peas and lettuce. They scratched a lot of stuff up.